Italy day 3: murano/Burbano

Well, I just want to start off saying that typing on an iPad is a bit like typing with your big toe. Not that comfortable or efficient. Also the autocorrect sometimes goes a bit crazy. Ever wonder where Murano glass comes from? I can tell you! I was there today and in some places I even saw them making it! I thought it was a style or a company maybe, I didnt trealize it was a little island off of Venice. It's a quiet little place, also with canals that you reach by waterbus in about twenty mi utes and once you get there, don't expect to see anything at all other han glass shops and factories. It's much less busy than Venice itself though and there are some incredible glass sculptures just out I the squares and streets - pictures soon. And from Murano you catch the waterbus t Burbano! Creative naming right? Anyway, the island of Burbano is even s aller and quieter but that's where the original, I tricate and fantastic Italian lace origi ages. It's insanely expensive but you can see some examples over 100 yrs old and the detail is unbelievable - and I'm not even really that into lace. But the really cool thing about the island is the colors! Everyone is assigned a different color to paint there houses and so it is so bright and unique, and that combined with the annals is so interesting. And the owners of the houses totally get into the theme of their color with matching flowers, shutters, curtains, planting pots etc. it's great! Unfortunately there are mostly really old people living there and the lace tradition is almost dead, understandable as there really isn't much to do on the little island. Well that was the highlights for the day, tomorrow it's off to Florence! Love from moms iPad.